“Turning the pages is an adventure,” wrote one reviewer. Rick’s design celebrates Buffett’s quality offerings with hundreds of vivid, vintage product images he researched along with archival photos of family members at work. By the time it closed a century later, in 1969, the store had been a focal point in the lives of five generations of the Buffett family, from Nebraska’s frontier days through the Great Depression and two world wars.īill Buffett’s historian’s touch inspires this tribute to his grandfather’s legacy and values instilled in the honest assurance of “Foods You Will Enjoy,” a promise to customers that was posted on the storefront. “Buffett’s is the store where I got my start in business.” -Warren Buffettīuffett’s Store was the oldest independent grocery store in Nebraska, founded in Omaha, in 1869, by author Bill Buffett’s great-great-great-grandfather.
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